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® IBM Lotus Sametime and Unified Communications and Collaboration Strategy and Technical Roadmap [email protected] March 2007
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IBM Lotus Sametime and Unified Communications and Collaboration
Strategy and Technical Roadmap
March 2007
A new reason to look at Lotus Sametime
2006: the year of Lotus Sametime….
Jan 2006
Apr 2006
June 2006
Aug 2006
Sametime 7.5 Ships
Sametime Gateway
Ships
Sametime Mobile Ships
Oct 2006
Nov 2006
Lotusphere 2006
Sametime 7.5 plans publicly introduced
AOL, Yahoo, Google
Telephony / video partnerships
Sametime as a platform
Sametime 7.5 Beta Program
kicks off
Press release:
Microsoft integration
Mobile clients
Sametime on Linux
commitment
IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5
IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5
IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5
IBM Lotus Sametime Mobile
Sametime customers are now entitled to mobile clients that can run on multiple operating systems, including BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian (Nokia).
Sametime 7.5 Mobile Client
Contact List Active Chat List Chat Window
IBM Lotus Sametime Gateway
Lotus Sametime as a platform2007 Best IBM Lotus Sametime Collaboration Extension
Imixs: IX Workflow PluginLotus Award winner
Is||coord: IS PhoneLotus Award finalist
RADVISIONLotus Award finalist
Unified Communications and Collaboration Roadmap
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Revolutionizing the Experience
Pioneering the Real Time Collaboration
Platform
Extending the Experience
Roadmap:Unified Communications and Collaboration
Sametime 7.5– Sametime Gateway– Mobile IM Clients
Sametime 7.5– Sametime Gateway– Mobile IM Clients
Sametime “Next”Sametime “Next”
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Sametime 7.5.1 Sametime 7.5.1
Sametime “Next” +1Sametime “Next” +1
Revolutionizing the Experience
Pioneering the Real Time Collaboration
Platform
Extending the Experience
Roadmap:Unified Communications and Collaboration
Sametime 7.5– Sametime Gateway– Mobile IM Clients
Sametime 7.5– Sametime Gateway– Mobile IM Clients
Sametime “Next”Sametime “Next”
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Sametime 7.5.1 Sametime 7.5.1
Sametime “Next” +1Sametime “Next” +1
Revolutionizing the Experience
Pioneering the Real Time Collaboration
Platform
Extending the Experience
• Point-to-point video• Tabbed Chat• Microsoft Office and
Outlook Integration• Linux Server• Mac IM Client and Web
conference participation• Single sign-on support• IM client and Web
conferencing updates• More granular policies
Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 – Additional Upcoming Features: IM
Chat history search
Chat history n-way records
Contact capability icons (for provider features – i.e. telephony on/off hook)
Additional plug-ins (Primary Contacts)
New Administrative optionsVideo chat – allow, bit rate, portsEmoticonsScreen captureMobileMultiple communitiesLimit contact list sizeIntegrated Sametime – enable full Sametime features inside Notes 8 - requires full Sametime licensePlug-in Management – allow end user control, forced updates site
Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 – Additional Upcoming Features: Web Conferencing
Meeting Room Client enhancementsCan choose whether to include group chatCan turn off all chat for particular users, via policyFull edge-to-edge maximizeSections can be completely minimizedRight-click menu for navigating slides
e-Mail automatically sent to meeting creator and chair
Repeat Meeting support
Meeting Center enhancementsLog in fields are available directly on the meeting center pagesQuicker meeting start-upMore meetings per view
Macintosh Support (Safari 2.0 on Mac OSX 10.4.x)View-only for application sharing; no IP audio or video
IBM Lotus Sametime 7.5.1: Point to point video
Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 – Tabbed Chat interface
Subject to change
Subject to change
Subject to change
Lotus Sametime 7.5.1 – Microsoft Outlook Integration
Roadmap:Unified Communications and Collaboration
Sametime 7.5– Sametime Gateway– Mobile IM Clients
Sametime 7.5– Sametime Gateway– Mobile IM Clients
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Sametime 7.5.1 Sametime 7.5.1
Sametime “Next” +1Sametime “Next” +1
Revolutionizing the Experience
Pioneering the Real Time Collaboration
Platform
Extending the Experience
Sametime “Next”Sametime “Next”
Roadmap:Unified Communications and Collaboration
Sametime 7.5– Sametime Gateway– Mobile IM Clients
Sametime 7.5– Sametime Gateway– Mobile IM Clients
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Sametime 7.5.1 Sametime 7.5.1
Sametime “Next” +1Sametime “Next” +1
Revolutionizing the Experience
Pioneering the Real Time Collaboration
Platform
Extending the Experience
Sametime “Next”• Web conferencing
enhancements• Upgraded audio/video• Improved record and
playback (mpeg-4)• Better JVM Management• FIPS-140• More granular policies• Calendar presence
integration
Sametime “Next”Sametime “Next”
The virtual workplace is here - NOW
58% of IT Executives considers their company to be a virtual workplace.
More than 75% of them report using real-time communications technologies today.
90% of employees work in locations other than headquarters.
Between 60% and 70% of employees work in different locations from their bosses.
The number of virtual workers has increased by a whopping 800%over the past five years.
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Why businesses buy Lotus Sametime: Real Business Value – Right Now
Enable remote workers –expand your business coverage
Conduct meetings with dispersed teamsover web conferencing
Conduct design sessions for new productsbetween offices without flying
Improve customer service by cutting time to answers, reducing phone time and increasing customer satisfaction
Address telephone and travel costs
Unified Communications and Collaboration = UC2
New multi-media collaboration with unified voice, video, IM, conferencing, Email & telephony
Enables new paradigm for how people, teams and communities collaborate
Helps save time & money
Can increase the speed & accuracy of communication
Serves as a basis for powerful solutions
Real-time products evolve to unified communication & collaboration platform to support all types of enterprise communication
Collaboration Conferencing
Telephony
Presence
Unified Communications and Collaboration:Not if but when
Which advanced VoIP features does your company plan to pursue in the next 12 months
57%
54%
37%
32%
6%
Unified Communications
Integrated voice mail and e-mail
Presence information
Integrated into business and productivitysoftware
Other
Source: InformationWeek Research VoIP studyhttp://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189800103&pgno=1&queryText=
Beyond Lotus Sametime:IBM Unified Communications and Collaboration Vision
IBM's vision is to foster innovation and business agility by making it easier for people to find, reach and collaborate
through a unified communications experience.
We accomplish this by delivering an open and extensible software platform that integrates presence, IM, email, unified messaging, web, voice, video,
telephony and business applications across multi-vendor environments.
IBM and Cisco VoiceCon Announcements
• UC² Client PlatformAvailable to developers for free with low support costA compatibility test suite and “certification brand" will ensure UC2
platform complianceLotus Sametime already built on UC² client platform; Cisco CUPC client to be built on UC2 client platform
New joint offerings based on UC² client platform2Q 2007 - Click to call and Cisco Unity Voice Mail access in Lotus Sametime1Q 2008 - New joint client offering combining Lotus Sametime with Cisco soft phone, hard phone control, call history, conferencing, video telephony and the ability to see federated presence information.Cisco to sell Sametime and IBM to sell Cisco solutions; IBM and Cisco to sell joint offerings
Expanded services support from IBM Global TechnlogyServices (GTS)
IBM and Cisco have joined together to deliver a Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC²) client platform based on open standards and open source, and to expand existing UC partnership with joint product offerings and go to market efforts
IBM and Cisco have joined together to deliver a Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC²) client platform based on open standards and open source, and to expand existing UC partnership with joint product offerings and go to market efforts
More details at: http://www.ibm.com/lotus/uc2
Unified Communications Integration
Enabling a single UC2 experience for Sametime customers.
Out-of-the-box connectivity to major telephony systems.
Communicate directly from PC through the corporate PBX or publictelephone lines over extension APIs and standards (SIP, CSTA)
Click-to-talk, Click-to-see
Web Conf IntegrationClick-to-call,Click-to conference
Lotus Sametime 7.5 Business Partner Solution Integration
Current Sametime UC2 Capabilities
Open ecosystem and extension model
Partners demoing or shipping solutionsCapability
Unified Messaging for Sametime
Unified Messaging for Notes and Domino
Web conferencing audio/meeting scheduling
Web conferencing audio integration
Softphone integration
Multipoint video integration
Call Management
Aggregated Telephony Presence
Click to Call, Click to conference
UC2 delivers real benefits
LOB/End UsersIncrease speed and accuracy of communication and executionFacilitate global and cross-organizational collaboration and information sharingEnable powerful solutions tailored to specific business process and industry needsSimplification
ITSupports heterogeneity; avoids rip & replaceOne stop shopping (via GTS) where desiredCost savings & simplificationRapid creation & deployment of value add plug-ins and/or 3rd party solutions
When you get back to the office…
Try it for yourself: stdemo3.dfw.ibm.com
Learn about the integrated solutions from our partners: www.ibm.com/software/lotus/partnershowcase/sametime/
Look into building your own plugins and deployment resources:
www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/products/instantmessaging
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Thank You
Stephen Londergan
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